I asked Copilot some questions about donnie's new trade war with Canada.
A couple of her answers to my questions pretty much tell the tale of how amok things are in donnieLand.
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If a pre–trade‑war truck costs $50,000…
A 50% tariff applied at the border means:
Import value: $50,000
Tariff: $25,000
New landed cost: $75,000
Then add:
dealer overhead
transport
state taxes
margin
Realistically, the sticker price ends up $78,000–$82,000.
So yes: a $50,000 Canadian‑built truck becomes a $75–80k truck in the U.S.
That’s not inflation — that’s a structural price shock.
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The deeper problem
The U.S.–Canada auto system isn’t “trade” in the classic sense — it’s a shared factory floor.
So a tariff doesn’t just raise prices:
It breaks supply chains
It forces plant retooling
It disrupts U.S. jobs tied to Canadian components
It raises U.S. prices even for vehicles built entirely in America
Because U.S. plants rely on Canadian parts that would also be tariffed.
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I guess donnie has gotten tired of throwing tantrums, moving aircraft carriers around randomly and pissing away our inventory of defensive weapons, so he has decided to dismantle the North American auto industry now.
I hear he's gonna fix health care next.
He's a brilliant bidnessman, you know.
